South American Junior Rugby Championship

The South American Junior Rugby Championship is an annual rugby union competition for junior national teams from South America, run under the continental body Sudamerica Rugby. It began in 1972 with Argentina as host, and the locals won the first title. A Division B tournament was first held officially in 2008 and was won by Brazil, and in 2014 a further competition, the CONSUR Cup, was added for Argentina and the top team of the A Division that year. In 1999 the minimum age was changed from under-18 to under-19. Since 2004 the champion, excluding Argentina, has qualified for the following year's World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, while Argentina qualifies automatically for the World Rugby Under 20 Championship.